Amari and the Night Brothers
(Supernatural Investigations #1)
by B.B. Alston
Published by Balzer & Bray
on January 19, 2022
Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy
Length: 416 pages
Ages: 9+ years
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Synopsis:
Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, thirteen-year-old Amari Peters, can't understand why it's not a bigger deal. Why isn't his story all over the news? And why do the police automatically assume he was into something illegal?
Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother's old closet. Meant for her eyes only. He's left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Amari is certain the answer to finding her missing brother lies somewhere inside, if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, and magicians all being real things, something she has to instantly confront when she is given a weredragon as a roommate.
Amari must compete against some of the nation's wealthiest kids who've known about the supernatural world their whole lives and with an evil magician threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn't pass the three tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton.
My Thoughts:
Amari Peters desperately misses her brilliant older brother, Quinton, who had gone off to pursue a confidential career and mysteriously disappeared in the process. Things at her school aren't going so well thanks to bullies so when she gets an acceptance letter to a special summer camp that her brother had preemptively nominated her for, she jumps at the chance, knowing that it's her best chance at finding out what happened to her brother.
Thanks to her brother's nomination, Amari becomes an initiate at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and is introduced to the secret world of the supernatural. Determined to become a Junior Agent like her brother before her, Amari prepares and competes for a career at the Bureau while also trying to solve the mystery of her missing brother.
This is a really fun read filled with magic, mystery, supernatural beings and creatures such as were-dragons, trolls, phoenixes, and more.
There's an underlying mystery that motivates the main character throughout the book. Great character development.
I can't wait for the sequel!
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